1.Around 600 B.C., a Greek athlete named Protiselaus threw a discus 152 feet from a standing position. That distance was not exceeded until over 2,500 years later, when Clarence Houser threw a discus 155 feet in 1928http://www.sentex.net/~ajy/facts/sportsgames.html
1.Around 600 B.C., a Greek athlete named Protiselaus threw a discus 152 feet from a standing position. That distance was not exceeded until over 2,500 years later, when Clarence Houser threw a discus 155 feet in 1928 http://www.sentex.net/~ajy/facts/sportsgames.html
2.A male dancer lifts over 1-1/2 tons worth of ballerinas during performances. http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/chezsarah/let.html#four
3.The ancient Romans first played a game like golf using bent wooden sticks and a leather ball stuffed with feathers.
http://www.sentex.net/~ajy/facts/sportsgames.html
4Taking music lessons can make you smarter. http://www.funschoolofmusic.com/
5In the late nineteenth century, the Duke of Beaufort learned a game called "poona". Attempting to introduce the game into England, he found Englishmen reluctant to play a game called "poona". He renamed the game "badminton", after his estate in Somerset, and it caught on. http://www.sentex.net/~ajy/facts/sportsgames.html
6Gymnastics is also known as one of the oldest kinds of physical exersise.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/facts-and-objectives-of-gymnastics.html